Sandava scitisignata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Sandava scitisignata, the fungi snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in the southern half of Australia. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The moth flies from September to April.
The larvae feed on fungi on dead trees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fungi Snout sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 323rd most-seen of the 875 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fungi Snout in Melbourne on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fungi Snout sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Melbourne, in our data
Melbourne is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fungi Snout sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fungi Snout is recorded against all the insects logged in Melbourne (31 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
